Child&#39;s waist.



No. 690,768. Patented Ian. 1, I902.

F.,A. PLATZ.

CHILDS WAIST;

(Application filed Mar. 1, 1901 (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet Y i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK A. PLATZ, OF BROOKLYN, NEWV YORK.

CHILDS WAIST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 690,768, dated January '7, 1902.

Application filed March 1, 1901. Serial No. 49,414. (No model.)

T to whom it may concern:

. zen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ohildrens Waists, of which the following is a. full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to childrens garments, and particularly to waists; and the object thereof is to provide a garment of this class which is strong and durable and which is provided with improved fastening devices and improved means for suspending the lower garments;and with this and other objects in view the invention consists of a waist constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same reference characters in each of the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a front view of the waist made according to my invention; Fig.2, a back view thereof; Fig. 3, an inside view of the back portion of the garment, the garment being sectioned vertically through the sides thereof; Fig. 4, a view similar to Fig. 3, showing a modification; Fig. 5, a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3; Fig. 6, a section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 4; Fig. 7, a back view of a detail of the construction; Fig. 8, aside view of another detail of the construction; Fig. 9, an inside view of a garment constructed as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 and spread open, the shoulder portions of the garment being separated for this purpose; and Fig. 10, an inside view of the back member of a garment constructed as shown in Fig. 4. 1

In the practice of my invention reference being made to Figs. 1,2, 3, 5,'and 9, I provide a childs waist or similar garment composed of a back member a, side members 17, and front and side members 0, which are connected by seams at (Z, as clearly shown in Fig. 9, and these members form the body of the garment, to the bottom of which is secured a flap or fly c, this connection being made at f. The back member a of the garment is made then folded downwardly, as shown ata in Fig.

5, and terminates at the line f, where the flap or fly e is secured. The front of the garment is provided with a waistbandg, which covers the connection atf between the body portion and the flap or fly e, and the frontfiaps of the garment are provided with facings h and with two diagonally-arranged reinforcing-strips "LI, one of which extends from each armhole downwardly and forwardly to the waistband g and the other from the upper front portion of the front flies on each side downwardly and baekwardly to the waistband g, the lower ends of these strips being overlapped, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and connected with the waistband g at the lower ends of the strip tare buttons or other fastening devices 7c. The back portion of thegarment is also pro-' vided with reinforcing-strips l, which extend from the back portion of the armholes downwardly and backwardly to the waistband g, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 and in dotted lines in Fig. 9, in which latter figure the strips L are also shown in dotted lines, and the strips Z cover the seams d, which connect the back member of the garment and the side pieces I), and similar strips m coverthe seams which connect the side pieces I) and the front and side pieces 0, said strips m being shown in dotted lines in Fig. 9. At each sideof the garment a button or other fastening device n is secured to the waistband g and a similar button or other fastening device n is secured I to the flap or fly e thereunder, and set into the back of the garment, between the folds thereof, are suspending-straps 0, which are provided at their upper ends with buttons or other fastening devices 0 by which they are.

secured to the back of the garment directly under the fastening-points a said buttons or other fastening devices being passed through holes 0 formed in the folded portion of the back member of the garment, and the lower ends of these straps 0 are passeddownwardly through the folded bottom portion of the back member at o* and are provided with buttons or other fastening devices Another suspending-strap o is located in the back member a between the folds thereof and is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 9 and partially in full lines in Fig. 1, and is provided at its upper end with a button o ,which passes inwardly through the fold of the back member, and at its lower end with two buttons o and the straps 0 and 0 are composed of elastic material, and said straps are designed to support the under lower garments, as are also buttons or other devices n while the outer lower garments are supported by the buttons or other fastening devices 7:) and n. I also provide a flexible strip 13, which is arranged inside of one of the front flaps and with which the buttonsp' are connected, and a supplemental flexible strap 7) is placed inside the waistband and with which the buttons or other fastening devices 7t and 'I'L are mmnected, and the strips 1') and p are removable and are connected at one end, as shown at p, and a flexible strip p is secured to the top central port-ion of the back member (t of the garinent,inside thereof,and is loopshaped in form, and the strip 1) is passed therelhrough. 'lhe buttonsor other fastening devices p serve to connect the front (laps of the garment, and it will therefore be seen that these partsor fastening devices, together with I hose of the waistband, (designated by the reference character 11,) may also be removed by detaching the straps p and p, and flexible tabs 0' are suspended from the strap 2)" and provided with buttons or other fastening devices r for suspending the under lower garments at the sides.

The form of construction shown in Figs. 4, o, and I0 is the same as that hereinbefore descri bed,with the exception that the back member a is folded from a predetermined transverse line a upwardly to the point (t from which it is folded downwardly to the point a and then upwardly again to the point a and then downwardly, as shown at a, and in each form of the construction the back member is thus made double and strong an d substantial, and the suspending-straps o and o are set thereinto and detachable therefrom. The reinforcing-strips and land on are so arranged that the suspending devices. are connected with the lower ends thereof, and this prevents the twisting orstraining of the garment, and in practice the edges of the garment at the back, front, and top are provided with suitable binding s, as are. also the armholes. Bymeans ofthis construction I provide a garment of the class specified which is made strong and durable, and it will also be observed that the buttons or fastening devices at the front and around the waistband are all detachable, as are also the elastic straps o and o",and said buttons or other fastening devices may thus be quickly removed whenever it is desired to wash the garment.

.llaving fully described my invention, what eeoyres I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A garment of the class described provided with a back member folded upwardly and downwardly so as to form a double back, said back being provided with suspendingstraps placed within the folded portion and projecting through the bottom thereof and being also detachable, substantially as shown and described.

2. A waist, the body portion of which is composed of a back, sides, and front side portions,the back portion being folded upwardly and downwardly so as to form a double back, said back being also provided with suspendlug-straps placed within the folded portion and projecting through the bottom thereof, substantially as shown and described.

A waist, the body portion of which is composed of a back, sides, and front side portions,the back portion being folded upwardly and downwardly so as to form a double back, said back beingalso provided with suspendiug-straps placed within the folded portion and projecting through the bottom thereof, said suspending-strapsbeing detachable,substantially as shown and described.

l. A waist comprising a body port-ion hav ing a bottom member connected therewith, said waist being also provided at the front and bottom with detachable strips at the inner side thereof, and provided with buttons or other fastening devices, and with an interior detachable waistband having suspending devices connected therewith, substantially as shown and described.

5. A waist, the body portion of which is composed of aback, sides, and front and side portions, reinforcing-strips placed over the seams, which connect said portions, a bottom member connected with the body portion of said waist, a detachable strap placed over the connection of the body portion and the bottom member at the inner side of the waist, said strap being provided with suspending devices, and a vertically-arranged front strip detachably connected with the inner side of one of the side portions of the waist and pro vided with fastening devices, substantially as shown and described.

(3. A waist,the body portion of which is provided with reinforcing-strips arranged over the seams which connect the back, the sides, and front and side members, said strip terminating at the waistband, said waist being also provided at the front and at the waistband with detachable interior strips having fastening devices connected therewith, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention Ihave signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 25th day of February, 1001.

FRANK A. ILA'IZ.

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